COLD CASE: 20 BIGGEST UNSOLVED MURDERS-Cross Post

23May

Here is another cool cross post from Jay Smith and the folks at Criminal Justice University. Their original posting was on 4-17-10.

There’s something about an unsolved murder that grabs our attention, whether it’s the air of mystery surrounding the proceedings or the shock at learning the brutal details behind a high-profile slaying. Here are just a few of the most notorious unsolved cases of all time:

1. The Black Dahlia (ca. January 15, 1947)

Elizabeth Short was 22 years old when she was brutally murdered in Los Angeles in the late 1940s. A woman with a troubled past and no fixed path through life, she was in L.A. visiting an old boyfriend and bouncing from one apartment to the next at the time of her death. She was found in a vacant lot, her body severed at the waist and her face slashed from the edge of her mouth toward the ears, creating a ghastly smile. Reporters nicknamed her the Black Dahlia after the 1946 noir film The Blue Dahlia. The murder sparked the largest LAPD investigation to that point, and the news media ran with the frenzy. Despite many theories put forth over the years, the case was never solved.

2. Boy in the Box (February 25, 1957)
One of the most gruesome unsolved murders involves an unknown child referred to as the Boy in the Box. Approximately 4-6 years old, the boy’s naked body was found in a cardboard box in Philadelphia 1957. Pictures of the boy were distributed with gas bills throughout the city in hopes of finding someone who knew what happened, but no lead ever materialized. One theory speculated that the boy belonged to the stepdaughter of the man who ran the foster home near the site the body was found; another theory, put forth by a woman with a history of mental illness, claimed that the boy was bought and used as a sexual slave before being murdered and discarded. No direct evidence was found for either theory.

3. Bob Crane (June 29, 1978)
Best known for his leading role on “Hogan’s Heroes,” Bob Crane was also involved with an underground sex scene in which he and friend John Henry Carpenter, an audio-visual pro, would film themselves having sex with women. Crane’s body was found in an Arizona apartment complex, bludgeoned to death by an unknown weapon that police reasoned was a film tripod. Smears of blood that matched Crane’s blood type were found in Carpenter’s car, but the lack of forensic technology at the time (like DNA testing) made it impossible to determine if the blood belonged to Crane. The case went cold from a lack of evidence, and though it was reopened in 1992 and Carpenter arrested, evidence from the murder hadn’t been properly preserved and was thus unusable. Carpenter was acquitted and maintained his innocence until he died in 1998. The case is officially unsolved.

4. Raymond Washington (August 9, 1979)
Raymond Washington was the founder of the Los Angeles gang that would come to call itself the Crips, but many say that his unique moral code approved only of fighting and theft as a means of survival, and that he frowned on the use of handguns and the growing level of homicides associated with gangs. He was shot and killed when he was just 25, and no one was ever arrested for the crime. People have speculated that his murder was carried out by a rival gang member or perhaps by someone with whom he was involved in a personal dispute.

5. Dian Fossey (December 26, 1985)
Immortalized in the Oscar-nominated film Gorillas in the Mist, Dian Fossey as an American zoologist who devoted her professional career to studying gorillas in Africa and protecting them from poaching and exploitation. She was found dead in her cabin in 1985, killed by a machete that had been hanging decoratively on her wall. With her valuables still present, her death appeared to be politically or personally motivated. Although many suspects were questioned, the killer was never found.

6. JonBenet Ramsey (December 26, 1996)
JonBenet Ramsey was killed only a few months after she turned 6. Her mother discovered the girl was missing and found a ransom note, at which point police were contacted. A search of the house found the girl’s body in a wine cellar, strangled to death. The case ignited a media firestorm involving the parents, accused of neglect and implicated in the crime, and the investigators, who didn’t properly seal the crime scene. The Ramsey family was officially cleared from suspicion in 2008, and though police have been able to put together a DNA composite of the killer, the crime remains unsolved. (John Mark Karr confessed to the crime in 2006 but was cleared.)

7. Tupac Shakur (September 13, 1996)
Rap artist Tupac Shakur was a top-selling performer when he was shot in Las Vegas after the Mike Tyson-Bruce Seldon fight at the MGM Grand on September 7, 1996. After a minor brawl with a member of the Crips in the Grand’s lobby, Shakur was shot in a drive-by while riding with Death Row Records CEO Marion “Suge” Knight. Although he seemed to make a comeback in the hospital, Shakur died of internal bleeding on September 13. Law enforcement officials made slow progress in the ensuing investigation, and though the shooting occurred on a public and crowded street, no one has ever been arrested for the crime.

8. Notorious B.I.G. (March 9, 1997)
Christopher Wallace, better known as the Notorious B.I.G. or Biggie Smalls, was a gifted MC known also for his involvement in the hip-hop feud between the East and West Coasts. He was even rumored to be involved in the death of Tupac Shakur, though that was never proven. Following a party held after the Soul Train Music Awards in March 1997, Wallace was shot while riding in an SUV and pronounced dead that night at the hospital. Many theories have been floated about the killing, from retaliation over money owed to various conspiracy theories, but the shooter was never identified.

9. Jack the Ripper killings (1888)
One of the most infamous serial killers in history, Jack the Ripper is the name given to the unknown murderer who slaughtered a series of prostitutes in London at the end of the 19th century. Scotland Yard and local media outlets received letters from the killer (or possibly killers) included body parts from the victims. The slayings have inspired a host of fictional works as well as dozens of theories about the identity of Jack the Ripper, but the true identity of the killer has never been determined.

10. Oscar Romero (March 24, 1980)
Oscar Romero, the fourth Archbishop of San Salvador, was assassinated in 1980 while celebrating mass at a tiny chapel in El Salvador. A U.N. report posits that his killers were members of a death squad, and though Álvaro Rafael Saravia was eventually found guilty of conspiring in the murder, the actual killer remains unknown. Romero’s death came a day after he’d pleaded with his countrymen to stop carrying out their government’s orders to oppress basic human rights.

11. Andrew and Abby Borden (August 4, 1892)
Everyone knows the name Lizzie Borden from the children’s rhyme about her taking an ax to her parents, but though the young woman was tried for the double homicide, there wasn’t quite enough evidence to convict her of the crime.

12. Zodiac killings (1968-1972)
Seven people were killed throughout Northern California by an unknown man who came to be known as the Zodiac killer because of the taunting letters he sent to police. The letters also included cryptograms, some of which still haven’t been decoded. The first killings came in December 1968 and July 1969, and the first letters claiming responsibility for those killings were sent to three newspapers in August 1969. Some victims were shot and others stabbed, setting the Zodiac apart from serial killers that stick to one method of execution. San Francisco police detective Dave Toschi was one of those who worked the case, and would later become the basis for the fictional character Dirty Harry. Despite a prime suspect in Arthur Leigh Allen — identified years later by an early surviving victim as the shooter — the case was never solved. Allen died in 1992, but a film positing him as a likely killer was released to acclaim in 2007.

13. William Goebel (January 30, 1900)
William Goebel is the only U.S. governor to be assassinated in office. After winning a hotly contested election for the governorship of Kentucky, was shot walking to the Old State Capitol. He was sworn in a day later and died three days later. Political rival William S. Taylor was suspected of having knowledge of who pulled the trigger, but he fled to Indiana to avoid extradition and became a lawyer there. Some men were convicted of a conspiracy to kill Goebel, but the murderer’s identity remains a mystery.

14. William Desmond Taylor (February 1, 1922)
William Desmond Taylor was an actor in the early years of Hollywood whose death was one of the many lurid affairs that led to sensationalistic coverage by a thirsty media. His body was found inside his home in the early hours of February 1, 1922. He had been shot in the back. More than a dozen people were held up by the public as suspects, including friends and employees of Taylor’s, but most of the physical evidence needed to secure a conviction was lost because of crime scene mismanagement and threads of corruption in the LAPD. Actress Margaret Gibson is alleged to have confessed to the murder in 1964, but no hard evidence has even been able to produce the identity of the killer.

15. Harry Oakes (July 8, 1943)
Sir Harry Oakes, an American-born Brit who owned a gold mine, was found murdered in 1943 in his Nassau mansion. Instead of flying in detectives from Scotland Yard, the islands’ governor, the Duke of Windsor, brought in a pair of Miami detectives. They arrested Oakes’ son-in-law, but the man was acquitted when it was found that the detectives had fabricated evidence. The murderer was never found, though theories abounded. Some say Oakes’ son-in-law really was the guilty party, while others claim Oakes was killed as a result of his dealings with organized crime.

16. Barbara and Patricia Grimes (December 28, 1956)
The Grimes sisters disappeared shortly after Christmas 1956 in Chicago and were found dead on January 22, 1957. They were seen at a movie theater on December 28, but subsequent sighting claims are less reliable. An autopsy concluded that they died of shock and exposure to the cold, but that statement ignores the bruises and wounds on their bodies, including holes that could have come from an ice pick. The Chicago Police Department crime lab also found that Barbara Grimes had been sexually molested before her murder. A drifter named Benny Bedwell was suspected and eventually confessed, though he then said his confession was coerced by officers.

17. Deanna Cremin (March 30, 1995)
Seventeen-year-old Deanna Cremin was found strangled behind a senior housing complex in Middlesex, Massachusetts, shortly after her birthday. After going out with friends and visiting her boyfriend, the two walked back to her home, though the boyfriend left her at the halfway point. He is considered the last person to have seen her alive. The boyfriend and two other men were investigated, but no charges pressed. New forensic evidenced was announced in 2005, thanks to technology, and the case also received a boost in 2009 when Middlesex district attorney pleaded for people to come forward with information. Her murder, however, remains unsolved.

18. Amber Hagerman (January 15, 1996)
Amber Hagerman was only 9 years old when she died. Abducted while riding her bike in Arlington, Texas, her disapperance ignited a huge search that brought in the FBI. Her body was found by a man walking his dog four days after she’d gone missing. Her throat had been cut, and evidence showed that she’d been alive fow two days before being killed. The high-profile case and ensuing call from Amber’s parents for tougher laws for sex offenders, including a national offender registry, led to the creation of the AMBER Alert, a national bulletin distributed via TV and radio when a child goes missing. The alert’s name is technically “America’s Missing: Broadcasting Emergency Response,” but it was named after Amber.19. Suzanne Jovin (December 4, 1998)
Yale University senior Suzanne Jovin was stabbed to death near campus in New Haven, Connecticut. After chatting with a fellow student and continuing on her way, Jovin’s body was later that night found stabbed 17 times in the head and neck with her throat slit. Witnesses saw a brown van parked nearby, but nothing came of that lead. One of professors was suspected, a move that damaged his career, though he was eventually cleared. The killer has never been found.

20. The Somerton Man (December 1, 1948)
Also known as the Taman Shud case, the mystery of the Somerton Man is one of the most baffling unsolved murders in history. A man in his 40s was found on the Somerton beach in Adelaide, Australia, on December 1, 1948. He carried no identification, and the labels had been removed from his clothes. The cause of death was determined to be poison, though the type wasn’t known. Attempts to identify the body proved fruitless, and the growing pile of clues, including a suitcase of the man’s possessions, only added to the confusion. A slip of paper with the words “Taman Shud” was found in a hidden pocket in the man’s trousers, leading police to a collection of poems called The Rubaiyat by Omar Khayyam. The book was found by a man in his car near the scene of the crime, and contained a phone number and portion of jumbled letters that might have been a code, though it’s never been cracked. The phone number led to a woman who said she didn’t know anything about the man and who police omitted from future searches, thereby eliminating one of the case’s best leads. It’s been more than 60 years, and no one has ever discovered the killer or the identity of the Somerton Man.

62 responses to “COLD CASE: 20 BIGGEST UNSOLVED MURDERS-Cross Post”

Would like to know more about the Torso Murders in Cleveland. I never heard of that. I am amazed that none of the history books mention a serial killer that was around in the 1970’s named Anthony Costa who murdered women in Provincetown, Ma. on Cape Cod. The book “In his Garden” was written about him.

Thank you very much for this information. Bringing these older cases back out of the files really helps so much! The Deanna Cremin case that you speak of is very dear to my heart, and many of our friends. She was really an amazing young woman, and she was so nice to everyone she ever met. Her Family and friends had a candlelight vigil for her this past month. There was a fifteen minute moment of silence, one minuter for every year her murder remains unsolved. There is new information and they have received additional tips recently.

You can click my username for more info. I have several flickr accounts, but that one will the information too. Deanna Cremin was from Somerville, Massachusets, which is within the Middlesex County. Her lifeless body was discovered behind an elderly housing developmenta at 125 Jaques Street in Somerville, the morning of March 30, 1995 by two young children that she babysat for.

Thank you again so much for bringing attention to these cases. There are always people searching for justice, and reminders like these do help so much.

Somebody needs to reopen the investigation into the unsolved murder of newspaper editor Larry Sarvey, which took place several decades ago in my hometown of Atchison, Kansas.

Sarvey, the editor of the Atchison Daily Globe, was shot to death on July 29, 1989 as he slept in a rocking chair in his home. After a much publicized trial, the person accused of shooting him was exonerated and relocated to Colorado, and the murder remains officially “unsolved” to this day.

Earlier that year, my husband and I had been guests at Sarvey home following our participation in “Clean Up Atchison Day” a community clean up effort sponsored by the newspaper and the llocal Chamber of Commerce. Sarvey had had a bit too much to drink that evening, and he confided at that time that he feared for his life because of threats he had received regarding his plan to blow the whistle on two judges, a physician, and a rock quarry owner whom he claimed were operating a local drug ring.

He was not shot while sleeping in a rocking chair; he was shot as he walked though the threshold of the front door to his home, with a shotgun blast to his head. Based on the fact that you were in error on how he died, it sets one down the road to having a hard time believing anything else that is written within your post.

Larry was my father, and your facts are way off on how he died, and what happened and I suggest you get your story strait before posting things of this nature in a public forum, and I also don’t think it’s any of your business. The person did not relocate to Colorado, NOR was he shot sitting at home in the recliner so I agree with Mark S in it sets the tone for no one to believe anything you have to say in regards to his death because clearly you don’t have any facts. – I am his second oldest daughter so I do believe I would know.

They did not include the murder of Donna Branion. Her husband, Dr. John Branion was cleared of her murder, however, I do not think the authorities have ever considered or looked for anyone else. It’s sad because Dr. Branion’s life was ruined after this and someone has gotten away with murder.

Also there was the murder of Elsie Eskridge in Glenwood, IL. Another is a wife and mother who went missing in Glenwood after her and her husband argued one night. Years later the new owners of the house from where she went missing said the woman appeared at the foot of their bed one night and told them to find her body. The police conducted a search but found nothing. That poor woman was crying out for justice. Her husband knows where she is.

Yes there are so many of them, but nothing is being done to try to solve them. What makes a cold case a priority to be looked into again? Law enforcement may look into a few but how do they decide which is worthy and which is not? To the individual family members that are left behind I would think they each feel their loved one is worthy.

It is almost 40 years now. August 4, 1973; a pretty blond coed brutally murdered in her Northwest Missouri State off campus apartment.

“‘Tess” was found that afternoon face down on her bed under a neatly arranged sheet. She had been strangled and stabbed in the chest and lower abdomen area. Panty hose had been tied around her neck and her wrists bound with shoelaces. A paring knife taken from her own kitchen was found cupped in her hand.

A police investigator thought the killer must have been a woman. He noted the killer had cleaned up most of the blood from the apartment and had carefully covered the slain girl.

Maryville police interviewed more than 200 people, took fingerprints from some 150 individuals and had six persons take lie detector tests. Despite all that, the murder of Teresa Sue Hilt to this day remains unsolved.”
From The News And Tribune, 2/3/1974.

This poor girl never had the chance to live the happy life she deserved. Her mother is 85 years old and still prays her daughter’s killers will be found.

I was under the impression that the murder of William Desmond Taylor was pretty much solved. I read a book years ago called ” A cast of Killers” and it hinted that Mary Myles Minter’s mother had murdered him.

How about the murder of Charles Mayhew of Sunnyvale Texas? Although his son was convicted of wrongful death in a civil proceeding no one has been criminally charged in the death. It has all the makings for the Dallas TV series in that Charles was a multi millionaire and was tied up in a very large lucrative land deal at the time. Instead of who shot JR Who shot Charles?
Charles was found by the grandson that did not see any blood after his Paw Paw was shot in the neck while in a bed? Fingerprints on the gun in the house that had been recently fired had the grandsons prints on it not that of the son convicted in the civil case. Other testimony emerged that questions the case even further.
I guess the reason why it is cold is that the grandsons mother was a Dallas Socialite that received all of Charles money and she was married to the owners son of the Dallas Daily family.

HANK ALAN JOHNSON MURDERED IN HEARNE,TEXAS. Where the District Attorney John Paschall brother in law Billy William Blackburn involved. He knew days before Hank’s brutal beating. The DA did not let anyone talk to him,did not do a lie detector test until 1 year later,out of the county and with cash. He is covering up Hank’s murder 4 years now. Exhumed 20 months later as they did not take the blood under the fingernails of a murder victim. The Bill Turners office said the Texas Rangers lost the DNA. There was a recording played on KBTX Murders at the Crossroads where Paschall threatened the Detective Steve Stokley to stop Hanks murder case or die. Paschall is also in a movie called “American Violet” a movie made by Tim Disney about the abuse of the Drug Task Force and being a racist went nationwide 3 months after Hanks murder. A double murder happened 3 months as well. The cook at the cafe close to Hanks room where he stayed as he worked at the Oak Grove Power Plant.

in my own I call mine, the 2 main co conspiraters are still alife today and are trying to burrie it. there own half sister said they were responsible for it. all in the name of hate. policeman shot to death. in se mesa ariz 1957. still cold case unsolved . this was done over me. I was the target and they failed to get read of me then. there still alife today.

Dian Fossey: A student researcher was tried, in absentia, and found guilty. I believe his name was Michael Burkhart. } think perhaps a second man was also tried, or at least a strong suspect. He was a tracker. He may have fled, as well.

The student researcher was railroaded. He had no reason to kill Fossey. Uganda or Rwanda, whichever, charged him so they wouldn’t have to charge any of the poachers who were paying off government officials in order to keep killing gorillas. It had to be poachers, or someone paid by poachers, because Fossey was making their life hell with her pressure to preserve the gorillas.

I respectfully disagree. He did, indeed, have motive. Also method and opportunity. Have you ever read the book, “The Dark Romance of Dian Fossey”? He hated her with a passion as, I will concede, did others. Still, the weapon used was one she had in her cabin. It strikes me that a native would’ve used their own weapon. Also would’ve claimed bragging rights sooner or later, if you will. No one has.

Eddie Gordon

January 2, 2013 at 11:26 am

You make a very good argument in your regard. I didn’t know the intricate nature of their relationship. I assumed that he just disliked her, as many other Americans did who came into contact with her in her career. She rubbed many people the wrong way. I will read “The Dark Romance of Dian Fossey” and try to get a better insight into the situation in general. Thank you for your response. It has been very helpful and may clear up some erroneous impressions I may have.

Mary

January 2, 2013 at 4:29 pm

Thank you for keeping an open mind, Mr. Gordon. It is the hallmark of a good investigator.

Eddie Gordon

January 3, 2013 at 12:06 am

I’m not sure we were referring to the same student researcher regarding Fossey’s murder. The student researcher I was referring to was Wayne McGuire. I still feel that he had no reason to kill Fossey. The most logical ring-leader in her murder is probably Protais Zigiranyirazo, the brother-in-law of the Rwandan president. He was governor of Ruhengeri Province in Rwanda when Fossey worked there. According to Georgianne Nienaber, investigative journalist, Zigiranyirazo was involved in illegal smuggling of endangered species and gold from Congo. Nienaber states that there is enough historical evidence available to indicate that Fossey was about to expose him when she was murdered. Zigiranyirazo is also the same man who was tried and convicted of the genocide of 800,000 Tutsis after his brother-in-law’s death in a plane crash. Unfortunately, The International Crimes Tribunal Tribunal of Rwanda overturned the convictions.

Kelly

November 7, 2012 at 1:01 pm

I think the keddie murders should’ve made the list, mum and 3 children murdered while 3 children slept in another room. Xx

That is so sad. I often wonder about people who would do such a thing. How can they go through life knowing what they have done? How can they sleep peacefully? How do they look at themselves in the mirror?

The keddie murders are the ones that shock me the most, three people very brutally murdered while 3 children sleep in the next room, one child missing later to be found dead. Very interesting case, have a look on the cabin 28 site. Xx

bob silvers

November 29, 2014 at 4:03 am

No the murder of Patti Allen has not been solved. I have no doubt that her husband Art Allen Had her Killed. I was close to both of them back then. We had worked together at the Fremont Hotel for almost 10 years. Patti was my wife’s best friend back then. I was at her house the day before she was killed. I has heard that someone had confessed to the murder around 1999 give or take a year but I don’t think anything came of that. The police of las Vegas had arrested her husband many years later for the killing of Patti but they had to throw the case out because the evidence had been misplaced (lost). I know this much; Art Allen was a loan shark for the mob back then and he was over $100,000. in debt to them. They were not happy. and his time to repay them was running out. He had her go to the store on the eve of her birthday, 8 months pregnant. The killer jumped into her car while it was stopped at a red light, had her drive to a nearby neighborhood, park and then he stabbed her I heard 30 times, got out and left her there parked in front of some home. He just walked off and no one noticed her untill the next day. Art had a double indemnity clause on Patti s life insurance, I believe it was $150,000. normally, or twice that due to accidental death. This I do Know …Art payed his debt to his mob boss soon after her death, and secondly he tookme with him 3 weeks after her murder , to meet his fiance Lisa who he married a month or two later. The freakin balls on this prick. Patti is not in the ground 3 weeks and he tells me he is in love with this Lisa. I am sure that he hired someone to kill her so he could claim the insurance money, pay his debt, and marry this other woman. The police might have lost the evidence, but I know Art killed her. I am only sorry that I did not tell someone 30 years ago. If anyone out there knows Art Allen, he lives in New York or New Jersey, tell him Bob Silvers knows.what he did. Patti Allen was the nicest person on this planet and she deserves justice.
Bob Silvers

No, that case was Never solved! All evidence is gone (lost) it’s very sad. I’m Patti’s sister and this really has been very hard on our family for almost 30 years now. It really makes you think about our judicial system.

D

August 28, 2013 at 4:36 pm

Patti Allen was killed in Yakima, WA in 1995 and was not pregnant. Yes, please someone look into this and find her killer. She was my best friend growing up and I still hope for justice someday.

There are literally thousands of unsolved murders in the last couple of decades alone. Many of them, a majority young women, the favorite targets of psychopaths. Anybody hear of Cathy Chase? Stabbed numerous times in the back as she entered her apartment in Mountain View, CA in 1985? You cannot even find the story on a google search.

I too have looked for info on the Cathy Chase murder. I believe she was killed in 86 or 87 though. I know that she had just gotten married and her last name was different. Thinking that’s why I can’t find anything. Have been able to find any updates?

my sister Deanna was so full of life it saddens me without doubt that her killer walks among the rest of the world, how someone could be so miserable to take her away from us is beyond my thinking i hope in he mist of it all that she will have her day in court and her killer will be sentenced to life without parole what o took from us is something more then all the money in the world you took apart of are family you took apart of are soul we will never rest until you are taken off the streets and are caged in a cell for the rest of your life, Deana we all miss you and there is not a day that goes by that we don’t think of you i have you tatted on my arm so i know you are close to my hear dad is up there with and so are alot of people i wish i could just hear your voice or show how much you missed my daughter will never get the chance to her aunt because a monster took you from us , that day i found out will be forever sketched in my memory your justice will come an the people responsible will be prosecuted justice may be silent by is has a thunderous sound…..love and miss you every day

unsolved policemn murdered early 1957 arizona SE mesa Arizona shot 2 times. I am the missing eyewitness I was realy too young to know or understand what I saw was a real homicide now the murphy family is trying to burrie it as if it never hapen. I am able to take law enforcement back to the crimes scene se of baseline road. the policeman never fired back he was struck twise in the chest and died in front of his sqaud car with a factory sun visor over and early 50s car to late 40s car he drove he was a white man young to middle aged. clean cut clean shaven. police were looking for a family of 3 se of baseline road dads two older daughters were also responsible for this officers death. out of there hatred for me and mom. I’m the only one left. I’m 58 now this crime still unsolved and no body has ever been arrested I grew up still hearing how dad killed this man. I can still hear this officers loud blood curdling screams in my own ears yet the murphys who were not even around at the time say its all made up. I sent a letter to arizona crimes scene Tom arriola in phoenix and he proved a murder hapened in early 1957. We lived due east of roosevelt canal and se of baseline road in se mesa arizona. still under investigation in mesa police department. check on line under arizona man receives mystery murder letter from man in oregon for 1957 not 1956. my father Joseph Albert aka Linnie now dead. was the shooter mom died fighting with sister of a heart attack over murders yet the murphys say it never hapened. there all idiots and cant prove a thing because the younger ones are too young the older ones just want to forget it hapened. they tried to kill me growing up and before I was born. if you know any thing please report it to mesa police or sherrifs office in South East Mesa Arizona

these crimes cross atleast 6 seperate states and have never been solved mom said james my older brother was beeten to death during pregnancy by the 2 older daughters yet they say mom was crazzie that it did not hapen. same beetings left me crippled for life.

I found out later while visiting mom in april 1987 spokane wash that her death was concidered a homicide too after a sister left the area from argueing with mom in her back yard.mom died next day with sivear heart attacks.in the holy family hospital spokane wash now providence hospital.

For me, Not a thrill of it being an unsolved cold case. Its the idea that it is a real case and that its some ones loved one who was lost to them in a real crime. mine was a hate crime in its self by 2 older women who now still call it a lie and a scam and not a real case. there trying to burrie the case as if it had never hapened with the officer killed in se mesa arizona se of baceline road due east of roosevelt canal. a suburb of phoenix ariz. I was actuelly liveing there my self. and still hear this mans screams in my head to this day nearly 58 years later. there is a string of crimes over 6 states here.by the same people. my own father died jan 1982 confessing to the shooting its self of this policeman. he landed on his right side screaming and died there clutching his wounds. near front end of his sqaud car. I’ll have to live with this the rest of my life. for it not being a real crime to hear the murphys talk about it. it was real for me and haunts me every day of my life. it is listed with Tom Arriolas web site as well under Arizona man receives mystery murder letter in phoenix arizona. he did his own research and found both murders of 2 seperate policeman one was ancient history from before my time and the other one was in 1957 dad shot to death in front of me. in our front yard. I nearly lost dad in a road side stop in 1957 then again in 1963 when another policeman drew down on dad in orchard same morning president john f kennedy was killed in dallas texas.